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While the sobriquet of 'God particle' is a media generated hyperbole at best, the Higgs Boson is indeed a crucial piece in the Standard Model puzzle, which aims to explain the structure of matter at its most fundamental scale. The main benefit to taking a class, especially at a small school like Amherst, is that you can ask questions of the experts. Try to figure out how this happened and then try to duplicate the occurrence. (Sometimes the prospect of an examination provides a good incentive; can you provide yourself with an artificial incentive?) While you are studying, keep personal worries off your mind.

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